Six municipalities of Azerbaijan receive grants within UNDP, EU program

Six local municipalities of Azerbaijan have been awarded grants within the "Municipal Heads in Support of Economic Development" program, implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with the financial support of the EU, Report informs.

The head of the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan, Ambassador Peter Michalko noted that this program was launched in March in cooperation with UNDP and the Government of Azerbaijan.

"I would like to wish good luck to the winners. They will continue to act to improve the country's social life, because the role of municipalities is very important in ensuring sustainable development," the EU envoy said.

The collection of applications for grants took place from May 20 to June 30, 2022. Municipalities could apply under the sections "Portfolio Journey" and "City Transformation."

In order to ensure more active participation of local governments in the program, from May 31 to June 3, informative events were organized for program participants in Lankaran, Ganja, Shaki and Baku.

On July 18, two projects were selected in the "Portfolio Journey" section and 4 projects in the "City Transformation" section.

Selected local self-government bodies of Azerbaijan will be provided with technical and financial support to implement their projects. They were the municipalities of Khirdalan, Icherishahar, Sabail, Mingachevir, the village of Urva in the Gusar district and Naftalan.